Goochland Community Theatre will be holding auditions for its spring production, “The Laramie Project” on December 19th and 20th, 2024 at 6pm. Auditions will take place at the Eagle Theater at 2748 Dogtown Rd, Goochland, VA 23063.
RSVP to audition here: https://forms.gle/e13Y88qKbroPAqBz8
ABOUT THE SHOW:
In October 1998, a twenty-one-year-old student at the University of Wyoming was kidnapped, severely beaten, and left tied to a fence in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming. His bloody, bruised, and battered body was not discovered until the next day, and he died several days later in an area hospital. His name was Matthew Shepard, and he was the victim of this assault because he was gay. Moisés Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theater Project made six trips to Laramie over the course of a year and a half, in the aftermath of the beating and during the trial of the two young men accused of killing Shepard. They conducted more than 200 interviews with the people of the town. Some people interviewed were directly connected to the case, while others were citizens of Laramie, and the breadth of the reactions to the crime is fascinating. Kaufman and Tectonic Theater members have constructed a deeply moving theatrical experience from these interviews and their own experiences in Laramie. THE LARAMIE PROJECT is a breathtaking collage that explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable.
Show Dates : March 21-23
Rehearsals every Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.
Please prepare 2 monologues. One from Group A and one from Group B. Please note that each character’s monologues count as one monologue. (For example, Reggie Fluty Part 1, 2, and 3 are all one monologue.) Monologues do NOT need to be memorized. If you wish to submit a video audition, please do the same and send your audition to Director Sydney Usova at joh5319@gmail.com.
Monologues: https://drive.google.com/…/1NUUjiLiIgsasrofFf1CeGQ383G0…
Auditions are only open to those over 18.
We understand that some of the sides provided have very strong wording. When preparing, recording, and submitting your audition tape you will have to honor the script to the word (obvi we know you may be nervous a missed word isn’t the end of the world). It maybe uncomfortable for some who are not used to saying such language to record and send in a tape of them saying it; however, the director chose those sides for a reason and she feels that the scenes provided share the biggest insight to the people of Laramie in 1998 and 1999. Sydney will be the only one reviewing the tapes if that is one of your concerns regarding sending in a video of you repeating certain language.
Actors are not paid.